Why is nobody talking about Rothwell?

[TSK]

He's really unathletic and there's a certain goofiness about him that causes people not to take him seriously. He's a dangerous fighter though. Not an easy out with his power and durability.

 

[fightdonttweet]

Before he went on TRT he was quick to gas after the first half of the first round. He also got in trouble vs the "bully" on bully beatdown. When he was on TRT he said he "required it to function" due to an automobile crash early in life that damaged his brain. After the TRT ban he seems to be doing just fine, but we haven't seen him go into deep rounds without his juice.

If his cardio is anything like it was before TRT, he'll struggle with most of the top dogs in the division.

If I recall he's only been on TRT for one fight and he looked like shit during most of it. I don't think its impacted his career at all.

 

[Royhalibut]

Ah, the good old "he was winning right up until he got his ass whooped" argument.

I don't necessarily even agree with that. Overeem looked good for 90 seconds or so, but then he got rocked badly by Rothwell but recovered and then got cracked again in the next significant exchange about 45 seconds later. At no point did Rothwell look phased by anything Overeem landed.

He is a world class striker who can't take a punch. His last 3 losses went the same way. That's how it goes with Overeem. Sad to see him lose to someone with way less talent.

What's up with all the Rothwell fans today??

 

[linvillegorge]

He is a world class striker who can't take a punch. His last 3 losses went the same way. That's how it goes with Overeem. Sad to see him lose to someone with way less talent.

What's up with all the Rothwell fans today??

His defense is lacking every bit as much if not more so than his chin. Not sure why all his fanboys don't recognize the fact that he's very prone to defensive lapses and that's why he gets his chin cracked.

It's not like he's getting KO'd by jabs. He eats massive shots that few chins would sustain.

 

[Micsterator]

Rothwell is a silly fuck, but I like his fights and definitely consider myself a fan.

 

[fightdonttweet]

He is a world class striker who can't take a punch. His last 3 losses went the same way. That's how it goes with Overeem. Sad to see him lose to someone with way less talent.

What's up with all the Rothwell fans today??

This world class striker was corned by Roy Nelson several times during their bout and his defense just consisted of covering up. He also got knocked out by Browne's incredibly telegraphed front kicks.

Offensively he's a beast but his defensive tactics are severely lacking.

 

[Royhalibut]

This world class striker was corned by Roy Nelson several times during their bout and his defense just consisted of covering up. He also got knocked out by Browne's incredibly telegraphed front kicks.

Offensively he's a beast but his defensive tactics are severely lacking.

Agreed. And that's another good point, weak chin, plus poor defence, doesn't mean Rothwell is a great fighter.

 

[Vespo]

He has 1 good victory, and he fights about once a year.

The Heavyweight division is Werdum, Cain, JDS, Stripe, Overeem, Arlovski and Browne. Nobody else really matters. But hey... at least we have another season of TUF lightweights soon

Mark Hunt would like a word with you...

 

[linvillegorge]

Agreed. And that's another good point, weak chin, plus poor defence, doesn't mean Rothwell is a great fighter.

No one in this thread has attempted to argue that Rothwell is a great fighter. You seem to be trying to argue against an argument that no one has tried to make.

 

[information]

because he's extremely awkward. Just bringing him up makes you look like an awkward dude as well

 

[Shocktagon]

He had a good win against Overeem after pissing hot against Vera, then got Mitrione with a nice choke, which really is no grand feat. Not really a lot to talk about that hasn't already been covered and I don't think anything he's done lately is too telling in how far he can go in the HW division.

 

[rakeleaves]

His defense is lacking every bit as much if not more so than his chin. Not sure why all his fanboys don't recognize the fact that he's very prone to defensive lapses and that's why he gets his chin cracked.

It's not like he's getting KO'd by jabs. He eats massive shots that few chins would sustain.

He actually showed improved his defense in his last fight. He used the crab shell and rolled with a lot of Mitrione's punches. Mitrione never landed very clean, but Rothwell did which forced Mitrione to shoot in from far.

 

[skold]

Dude, that was hilarious. I would LOVE for Rothwell to somehow become the champ. It would be so entertaining lol.

No.. no it wasn't. If someone walked in on me watching that particular moment, I'd feel embarrassed on Ben's behalf. In fact, I'd rather have people walk in on me watching porn

 

[IcemanFan75]

Well I found it highly entertaining, so I guess we'll agree to disagree. To each his own, right?

I'll leave you with this:

 

[tasticles]

You speak about this as if it is a bad thing. It would be great for more professional fighters to come back but then you'll only have couch bound neckbeards criticizing him even though they themselves never even set foot in a cage or ring. Also can you please provide a link to his posts on Sherdog?

I don't know how to search for threads from 10 years ago. I know this because I was personally one of the people he was a dick too. I only said that I would like to become a fighter and think I can and he ripped me apart for no reason with some insecure rant. Most of the post I had seen him reply to others were arrogant or smart ass. It was rarely because someone was bashing him or saying anything bad. I did end up fighting years later and did well most of the time, but I never really forgot him when his name came up, and not for anything good. I don't have any incentive to make this shit up. Im not getting paid for it and I hope he has a good career but you won't see me buying t shirts from him or whatever they sell.

 

[VAfan]

because he's too scary. mwuhahahaha.

you try not to think about freddy kreuger when you go to sleep at night either.

 

[BiasBEgone]

He has 1 good victory, and he fights about once a year.

The Heavyweight division is Werdum, Cain, JDS, Stripe, Overeem, Arlovski and Browne. Nobody else really matters. But hey... at least we have another season of TUF lightweights soon

Until a few months ago it was also Hunt. Things change quite fast in a shallow division.

Also, you mentioning Overeem is very wrong because he is a glass cannon that gets KO by almost everyone in the top 10.

 

[Korbis]

What Roidwell did against Vera was a bitch move. Vera, being an almost 40 year old Asian man, had naturally FAR lower Testosterone than anybody else in the HW division. Even when he was younger, his genetics left him very low on testosterone, which is why he always has looked more like a swimmer than a fighter. When his team tried to get Vera on TRT to even the playing field, he refused that shit because he knew it was wrong and he stood on principle.

So Rothwell gets matched with Vera, who was moving up from LHW to HW, and sees he is fighting a guy that is smaller, weaker, and 5 years older than him. What does he do? He juices up to testosterone levels unseen since the peak of Brock Lesnar's puberty. To add insult to injury, Rothwell fouled the shit out of Vera with a nasty nut shot early in the fight.

Despite all this, Vera was beating Rothwell clearly for the majority of the 3 rounds until Rothwell found some super human amount of energy and unloaded a flurry on Vera, who was naturally exhausted from beating on the big ol' bastard all night.

Rothwell in the post fight press conference went on to pull this one:

Reporter: "You displayed much better cardio tonight than we've seen in your prior fights, what did you do differently in preparation for this match?"

Rothwell: "Well... uhh.. you know.. uhh... I've been eating Whole Foods.. that makes a huge difference."

Whole Foods didn't have anything to do with that performance.

Vera was released from the UFC after the loss, which should have been a NC. Now Big Ben gets to wear sweet Reebok fight kits while Vera is soccer kicking the fuck out of scary looking Russian dudes over in the Philippines.

There. I talked about Rothwell.